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GASCONADE COUNTY REPUBLICAN Volume 23, Number 9. OWENSVILLE, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, JANUARY, 22, 1926. $1.50 per year in Advance D R. TUBBS CONDEMNS GERRYMANDER EXPLAINS ITS ORIGIN AND PURPOSE DECLARES IT MOST DETESTABLE POLITICAL CRIME NO MATTER WHICH PARTY IS GUILTY Describes Situation in Missouri and Says Decision of Supreme Court Was Biased. Congressional and State Senatorial Re-districting Should Be Done At Once, But in All Fairness H I i tor of the Gasconade County Republican, My Dear Mr. Editor: As per your request, 1 am endeavoring to write an article which may, in some measure at least, serve as a. description of the practice ot that 1 nefarious and uniUHtifiable scheme of dividing the different states of rile Union Into Congressional and Senatorial districts in such an unfair was as to Rive the party in power an unfair advantage in the I i" the Congress of the Muted elfciion of members of Congress and! States or in the State Senate. For of the members of our different -instance, we may take the State of Suite Senates, frequently going to j Missouri as an example. The Con the extent of defeating the will oflstitulion of the Stte of Missouri, the people themselves whom we are provides formed and promulgated so fond of referring to as the sov- by the Constitutional Convention of ereigns of the land. The name of , 1 8 7r. provides that the Stale shall this unfair districting scheme is 'be divided into Senatorial Districts, usually mispronounced. It is us-; That these districts shall he rom- ually pronounced gerrymander with the soft sound on the first letter choreas it should be pronounced 1 Gerrymander with the hard sound on the first letter. This unfair political method received its mime I Vet this same Convention, in i from the fact that it was in;' 11:411- 'order io obtain an unfair political j nil eel in Massachusetts when Kid- j advantage for the party in control vlrtste Gerry was Governor. At of the Convention, in dividing the; that lime the Legislature of the Stale into Senatorial Districts, vio-: Stute divided the State inlo con- 'la ted two of the three rules thai gressional districts in such a way the Convent ion itself had laid down' as lo give the party in power a as the plan upon which the districts vi i unfair advantage in Ihe elec-'should be formed. The rule of Hon of Congressmen. Some or the contiguity being the only one of; ril.-iricts were so grotesque in shape ; the three observed. Instead of. that when the State, as rcdistricted. 'complying with the rule of corn-was exhibited on the bulletin board. Pact ness. the Convention's districts : one of the onlookers pointing lo a .were grotesque enough in appear-peculiarly shaped district remarked: ame. Tiny were long, short, crook-Well. that looks to me just like ed and straight. a salamander." Another onlooker' But the greatest violation of the replied: "It looks to me more like principles laid down for the forma-a Gerrymander." 'on ' "le districts consisted in And from that day to this. thee deviation from the rule of process has been known as Gerry- equality of population. The popula-. mandering, although, it is claimed, , tion of the State under the census! that the Governor was opposed to,of 1870 was 2,188,380. This li- Vided by 34, the number of State This is a quaint illustration of J Senators, gives a senatorial ratio j how Pate sometimes selects its I of 64,420. Now, under the rule! victims. Eldridge Gerry was one of ,'aid down by this Convention, that the leading and active patriots of the population of these districts! the Revolutionary period. He wasshould be as nearly equal In popu-a member of the Continental Con-U"Hon as it may be and it would1 sress and a signer of the Declara- j be an easy enough matter to ar-j tion of Independence. He was a j range these districts so as not to. member of Congress after the Gov-.deviate from the Senatorial ratio eminent of the United States hadn-ore than 7000 either above or1 begun to function. Jle was Gover-j below the Senatorial ratio. Yet! nor of Massachusetts. He was vice-! this Convention, after laying down! president of the United States, and, the rule of equality of population: in all these honorable and respon-;i" the senatorial districts, proceeds sible positions he acuitted himself ;tc divide the State into Senatorial, with the most scrupulous, personal Districts in which it deviates from; and official integrity with no suspi-,the ratio, fixed by itself, as follows: ' eion of private official wrong-doing, j Population of State, census of 1870, Vet this high-classed American ; 1.721,295. Senatorial ratio, 34 dis-sunesman has his name confiscated , tricts, 50,626. Tenth district, St. for carrying down the ages the j Charles and Warren counties, 30,-most abominable political scheme j 977, , or but little above the half ever concocted In the head of mortal or a ratio. Ah! Consistency thou ian. We are fond of boasting of art a Jewel, but thou dwelleth not this nation as being a government 'in the heart of the wily American -Of the people, by the people, and politician. for the people." Yet here we have; Now, just how we got rid of the a dishonest political scheme, orac- Senatorial Districts as laid out by ticed in every state in the Ameri- the Convention of 1875, this writer can Union regardless of the differ- has not the data to determine, ent state governments, which can But dropping over into the 80's have no other object than the rie-.we find in the Blue Bock for 1889 feat of the will of the people, and 1S90, a redisricting scheme practiced by all political parties , based upon the census of 1X80 in and winked at if not openly en- i which we find the Senatorial ratio dorsed by the people themselves, to be 63.788. Yet we find in this The builders of the Government of scheme of dividing the state Inlo the United States, being equally senatorial districts, thai the nin;h opposed to any form of Monarchy district was given a population ol or a pure Democracy, stni'k a but 43,852, while the 22nd district, happy medium between those twoiof 86,944 or almost exactly double objectionable forms and established the population of the Ninth district a Republic or representative form of in spite of the Constitutional pro-government, in which thrf people vision that the districts shall be as delegate their power, temporarily. tO"nearly equal as may be," equal In men who for the tfme for which 'population. And now comes the they are elected, hold all the power most elaborate specimen of political of the people for law making pur- ,leger-de-main to be found In the posi. This system, when rairly annals of political chicanery; and carried out. Is one of the most with such utter disregard of the eyuitable forms of government that 1 rights ot the people and of Consu could possibly be conjectured. But when these representatives are unfairly elected under an unfair Gerrymander of districts, the will of the people, instead of being carried out, is often defeated. This Is done by the party in power violating every principle of .Constitutional law laid down in the Constitutions of every State in tlie Union, under which the party in power secures an unfair proportion of the state's representative posed of contiguous territory, lliat ithey lie as compact as possible, ami that they shall contain, as nearly j as possinie, an equal nmnuei oi (inhabitants. 1 leManiv CtawrenccTjaivihorne- To preet the morning with a hopeful smile And eagerness for what the day .may bring; To work, and count each humble task worth while; To find enjoyment in accomplishing Whatever duty has for me to do; To earn the friendship of my fellow men; To labor toward the heights with purpose true And, if I fall, to rise and try again; To see the good in others, and to cheer Their hearts with kindness and encouragement; To feel profound regret when night is near And yet to know the day was wisely spent; To work and love and serve with joyful soul. And ask no recompense for what I give Such Is my golden purpose and my goal; Such is the noble, manly way to live. COPWIGHT HI!. LjTtfJ.' NEHPSPAf tfc UN1UN- HARVEY S. WHITE ltancy Sylvester White, son oi the hue .lame- and Kllen Hamilton White, died at. the Military Hospital at Dayton. Ohio. January 12. 1926. Harvey was born near Oak HiU. Crawford county. Missouri, on May 25. 1SS7. and was 3S years and 8 months old at the time of his death. When he was only a small boy his father and mother died and he was raised and cared for by his aunl. Sis White, until ho was nearly grown, when he enlisted in the regular army for a term of four years. He re-enlisted under General Pershing in the Mexico trouble and then enlisted in the World War after which he was honorably discharged at Chica-inauga, Georgia. lie was married in Alabama and be and his wife moved to East Akron, Ohio, where they remained till bis health began to fail. He was then taken to the Military Hospital in Dayton. He reached the rank of Sergeant In the army. His wife and two chldlren were at his bedside when he passed away. He leaves to mourn his wife, Verna, one son, James Harding, aged 4 years, one daughter. Fay Ellen, aged 22 months; one sister, Mrs. Chas. Helm, of Owensville; four brothers, Clarence, of Owensville, Lee of Linn, Arthur of East Alton, Illinois, and Thomas, of Manzanola, Colorado, and one half-brother, James, of St. Louis. Sergeant White's remains were shipped for burial to Fackler, Alabama, his wife's former home. tutional requirements. The Legislature of 1891 having failed to reriistrict the State into Senatorial districts, and this duty devolving upon the Governor, the Secretary of State and the Attorney-General, these three worthies proceed to discharge that duty as follows: In redisricting the State into Senatorial districts, the Senatorial ratio being practically 78,000, they deviated from the ratio by giving the twenty-eighth district, a population of 100,509, and the twenty-fourth district a population of only 62,4 53 or a grand swing of 38, (156 from highest to lowest. Of course this unfairness is carried on throughout the entire State, the two instances given being simply Hie two extiemes. Deviation from a district ratio whether Senatorial or Congressional is the Gerrymandering politician's stronghold. Because it gives him greater latitude in filching territory from a hostile locality and of throwing friendly ; territory Into that hosMle locality, thus giving himself a greater number of districts than he could olher-( Continued on Page 6) i W . mv tojLive v. GRADE SCHOOL MOTES The usual program was giver. Tuesday morning by the puipls of Miss Sassmann's room. The following numbers wire given: Song "Crow Calculation" by the Fourth and Fifth Grades. Recitation "Modern Method by Klnora Knchnns. Insl runiental Sido Phy. Recitation "Ah! Lot lie Feig. Song---"Calender" Mildred Mm- Gee Whiz" by ' by the Alphabet Class. Song" liecitntion- -"The by Edna Nolle. Vocal Solo Nelda Diestelkamp Recitation "Little Snow Flakes" by Cecil Mi-Can. Instrumental Solo Dolores Matthews.Recitation "A Queer Cat" by Harold Tschappler. Recitation "Runaway Thoughts" by Myrtle Courtaway. Song "The Angelus" by Class. We are sorry to report that Curtis Poppenbouse is out of school on account of sickness. The SeVenth Grade Class are now reading "The Life of Helen Keller." Orville Warren has resumed his work in school after two weeks sickness. The Eighth Grade Arithmetic Class is taking their first lesson in Algebraic Expressions. Several from Room VI are absent on account of sickness. Effie Reeves and Lawrence Tschappler are back in school after a week's absence. The Sixth Grade Class have their maps of Africa completed. The roll of honor in Room III is. as follows: j Third Grade Reading, Spelling, Language and Arithmetic Eva Downes. Gladys Conrad, Edwin, Pletz. Ruth Altheide. Elijah Cahill and Lillian West; Spelling, Language and Reading Eloise Suenkel, Millie Uffmann and Donnie Orr; Reading, Language and Arithmetic Thurtnaii Cahill; Arithmetic and Language Orville Blaske; Reading and Language Evelyn Ruffncr, Dor thel Matthews, Eileen Pohlman and Cornelius Kormeier; Reading, Language and Arithmetic Bernire Bowen and Nicholas Smith; Language Viola Aufder Heide, Anne Jones and Lydia Schnlk. Fourth Grade Spelling, Reading, Language and Arithmetic Eileen Winter and Laura Uffmann: Arithmetic, Reading and Language Ervin Eggers and Elwood Emo: Arithmetic, lan guage and Spelling Harold Jac-quith: Language. Spelling and Reading Esther Ruffner. Reading and Language Minnie Dieckgraefe and Kenneth Reyburn; Spelling and Language Teddy Rnlna I MRS. CliAS. L RECTOR Mr-. (irace Elizabeth Hector, tier Wlllhlle, was born near Tea. Missouri. April S. 1S93; departed this 'lile Saturday. January 16. 1926. age. I :!?, years. 10 months and 8 days. Slie grew to womanhood in the Tea neighborhood and was man ied March 23. 1911, to Mr. Chas. L. Hector. To this union five children were born- Ethel. Krvin. Beatrice, Irene and her infant son, born 'January 7, and who has not been named. ' She leaves to mourn her loving companion, her five young children, her parents. Mr. and Mrs. S. II. Willhite. of Owensville, five brothers. Kd. and Wesley of St. Louis. Luther. Arthur and Otto of Owens-i ville. and two sisters. Mrs. Pearl I Bonders of Bourbon and Mrs. Mary Smith of Delaware, Missouri. Three brothels preceded her in death. I She also leaves many other rela- j lives and friends, who join us in extending most sincere sympathy to Ihe bereaved family, especially to heartbroken husband and moth- ' ei less Hi lie children. Funeral services, conducted by Rev .1. S. Arvin of Owensville. were held Monday at Oak Hill Church and Cemetery. THOMAS BENTON LUSTER Thomas Beiilon l.ulesr was horn 'on Jakes Prairie January 8. 1i:i9. died in Belle Saturday evening, January 1:1. 19215. ai 6:00 o'clock. makin: and .", Win hi 1. Luster fa I her of the : l.is age at death 87 years days. n a him a 1 1 hoy lie moved with ..rent . Edward and Nancy io Owensville, where liis conducted a siore. belli:; our pioneer seniors of Owensville. Thomas Bctuon Luster was married in 1 X r, 0 to Jane Ford ai. 1 e this union six children wen' born. I lie 0M1-I child, William, having preceded him in death several years. The children remaining are Kd gar LiMer of lielle; Cleveland l.ns- ler of Davis. Oklahoma: Airs. Ida lleclieni and Mrs. l.illie Kay of Kolla: an i Louis. Thomas ! Owensi illi years and 1 Airs. Lulu Clark of St. one having copies of these books, who iias no further use for them, lleiiion Luster lived in please communicate with Mr. 12 years, in Bulla 16 Vaughaii. We would be very grate-ninveil to Belle when the ful indeed for conies of these books ralroad was linilt. He had lived in Ilelle ever since. lie also leaves 26 grandchildren and 18 great-j grandchiilren. Only one brut her, 1 John Luster, of Perkins, Oklahoma, 1 survives him. FRITZ W. SCHROEDER Fritz W. Schroeder died early Tuesday morning at his home 011 Red Oak. Mr. Schroeder suffered a stroke of paralysis about two years ago and has since been in failing health. He was born and lived all his life on and near the place where he died. His age was 73 years. He was married but his wile died a number of years since and lie leaves no children. One brother. Henry, and one sister, Mrs. Binkhoelter, survive him. Funeral services conducted by Rev. L. H. II. Winter, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Red Oak M. E. Church and Cemetery. BLUE BOOK RECEIVED" We have just received from Secretary of State Charles U. Becker a copy of the Official Manual or Blue Book of Missouri for 1925-26. This issue of the Blue Book is about the most complete and comprehensive yet published and contains a great mass of facts, figures and information about Missouri. Secretary of State Becker anil his able assistants in the compilation of the Blue Book are to be highly complimented on and thoroughness Representative the appearance of the work. P. B. Meyer. Swiss, Mo., Route 1, has a few Heilert of Bay and Mrs. Theo. copies of the Blue Book for dlstri- i Schulte of Cook, Nebraska, besides hiition among those of his constl-j many relatives and loving friends, tueuta who can make use of It. Her remains were brought out - 7 1 Saturday morning. Rev. C. P. George Ringelsen of Oak Hill ;Suirm of Marthasville, superintend-returned Tuesday night from St. ! ent of the Emmaus Asylum under Louis where he had been visiting for two weeks. He also looked for work there but says there are at present too many looking for work. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES On Monday morning. January 11, tin- Freshmen Class luut their Sponsor. Mr. Vaughaii, entertained the stii.ii niliody, (he Faculty, Mr. and Mrs. Kichler. Mrs. M. V. Smith, Mrs C. i;. Yaiighan and Miss Lillian Wacker with a Hobo Party at the Au.liiiii iiim from 7:30 to 10:30 p. 111. The Auditorium was decorated in a manner becoming to a Hobo Shack, junk, rags, litter, etc., being in prominence everywhere. The guests were not admitted unless dressed as hoboes. Gaines" and contests afforded amusement for all ( until 10:00 o'clock when the hoboes were ordered to fall in line for their lunch which was served as a "handout" in a paper bag and tin cup. At 10:30 Victor Kormeier, as a j policeman, ordered the hoboes to : disperse for home. Everyone present enjoyed the party Immensely land expressed their appreciation to the Freshmen Class and their Sponsor for the pleasing entertainment afforded them. Miss Lillian Wacker of Route One enrolled in the Freshmen Class a I the opening of the Second Semester on January 18. Mbs Klizaheth McCurdy completed her first Semester's work in High School here on January 15, mill will continue her work In St. Louis, where her mother now re-ides. We are sorry to lose Elizabeth but out best wishes go with her to her new field of study. Khin Rodgers of Rosebud Is absent from school this week. He is parrying the mail for his father, who Is seriously ill. Mr. Rodgers is a carrier on Rosebud Route 2, and Elvin is Ills substitute. Through the courtesy of our Representative from Gasconade county. Hon. F. B. Meyer, of Swiss, It. F. D.. the High School Library received a copy of the 1925-26 Missouri Blue Book. Thin is Indeed a valuable refcreiirc bifok liiu' .1 splendid addition to any Library. The High School would like to "htnin copies of Ihe Blue Book from i;s earliest publication to 1911. We are also lacking the 1917-18, l!)1!l-2il and 1923-24 editions. Any- to complete our files. New additions to the High School Library from the fines fund are: Dela ml : "The Iron Woman." Connor: "The Doctor," "The Gas- i pards of Pinecroft" ' and "Tread-! ing the Winepress." Johnson: "The Slaveship" and "An-! drey." i The Library is open to use by :tbe public under the same regulations as are subscribed to by our sludenlbody. The public Is invited to visit school and to use the Library. A visit from you will do us both good. MRS. CARL PFEIFFER Mrs. Martha Pfeiffer, nee Schlot-tach, was born March 31, 1880, at Charlotte, Missouri; died Friday, January 15. 1926, at her home in Webster Groves, aged 45 years, 10 months and 14 days. She was raised near Charlotte and on reaching womanhood became) a Deaconess and for eleven years was employed in the Evangelical Etonians Asylum .for the feehla minded at Marthasville. On June 1 1. 1924, she was married to Mr. Carl Pfeiffer and has since lived in Webster Groves. She was sick but a few weks of the flu and was not thought .critically ill (until hemorrhage of the lungs occurred and from which she did not rally. She leaves to mourn her husband, her aged father, Herman Scblottach, two brothers, William of Route 1 and Charles of Enid, Oklahoma, three sisters, Mrs. Henry Mueller of Third Creek, Mrs. Sam wlmse administration she labored so long, came to conduct the funeral at the Charlotte Evangelical Church and Cemetery. He was assisted by Rev. Dltel.

GASCONADE COUNTY REPUBLICAN Volume 23, Number 9. OWENSVILLE, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, JANUARY, 22, 1926. $1.50 per year in Advance D R. TUBBS CONDEMNS GERRYMANDER EXPLAINS ITS ORIGIN AND PURPOSE DECLARES IT MOST DETESTABLE POLITICAL CRIME NO MATTER WHICH PARTY IS GUILTY Describes Situation in Missouri and Says Decision of Supreme Court Was Biased. Congressional and State Senatorial Re-districting Should Be Done At Once, But in All Fairness H I i tor of the Gasconade County Republican, My Dear Mr. Editor: As per your request, 1 am endeavoring to write an article which may, in some measure at least, serve as a. description of the practice ot that 1 nefarious and uniUHtifiable scheme of dividing the different states of rile Union Into Congressional and Senatorial districts in such an unfair was as to Rive the party in power an unfair advantage in the I i" the Congress of the Muted elfciion of members of Congress and! States or in the State Senate. For of the members of our different -instance, we may take the State of Suite Senates, frequently going to j Missouri as an example. The Con the extent of defeating the will oflstitulion of the Stte of Missouri, the people themselves whom we are provides formed and promulgated so fond of referring to as the sov- by the Constitutional Convention of ereigns of the land. The name of , 1 8 7r. provides that the Stale shall this unfair districting scheme is 'be divided into Senatorial Districts, usually mispronounced. It is us-; That these districts shall he rom- ually pronounced gerrymander with the soft sound on the first letter choreas it should be pronounced 1 Gerrymander with the hard sound on the first letter. This unfair political method received its mime I Vet this same Convention, in i from the fact that it was in;' 11:411- 'order io obtain an unfair political j nil eel in Massachusetts when Kid- j advantage for the party in control vlrtste Gerry was Governor. At of the Convention, in dividing the; that lime the Legislature of the Stale into Senatorial Districts, vio-: Stute divided the State inlo con- 'la ted two of the three rules thai gressional districts in such a way the Convent ion itself had laid down' as lo give the party in power a as the plan upon which the districts vi i unfair advantage in Ihe elec-'should be formed. The rule of Hon of Congressmen. Some or the contiguity being the only one of; ril.-iricts were so grotesque in shape ; the three observed. Instead of. that when the State, as rcdistricted. 'complying with the rule of corn-was exhibited on the bulletin board. Pact ness. the Convention's districts : one of the onlookers pointing lo a .were grotesque enough in appear-peculiarly shaped district remarked: ame. Tiny were long, short, crook-Well. that looks to me just like ed and straight. a salamander." Another onlooker' But the greatest violation of the replied: "It looks to me more like principles laid down for the forma-a Gerrymander." 'on ' "le districts consisted in And from that day to this. thee deviation from the rule of process has been known as Gerry- equality of population. The popula-. mandering, although, it is claimed, , tion of the State under the census! that the Governor was opposed to,of 1870 was 2,188,380. This li- Vided by 34, the number of State This is a quaint illustration of J Senators, gives a senatorial ratio j how Pate sometimes selects its I of 64,420. Now, under the rule! victims. Eldridge Gerry was one of ,'aid down by this Convention, that the leading and active patriots of the population of these districts! the Revolutionary period. He wasshould be as nearly equal In popu-a member of the Continental Con-U"Hon as it may be and it would1 sress and a signer of the Declara- j be an easy enough matter to ar-j tion of Independence. He was a j range these districts so as not to. member of Congress after the Gov-.deviate from the Senatorial ratio eminent of the United States hadn-ore than 7000 either above or1 begun to function. Jle was Gover-j below the Senatorial ratio. Yet! nor of Massachusetts. He was vice-! this Convention, after laying down! president of the United States, and, the rule of equality of population: in all these honorable and respon-;i" the senatorial districts, proceeds sible positions he acuitted himself ;tc divide the State into Senatorial, with the most scrupulous, personal Districts in which it deviates from; and official integrity with no suspi-,the ratio, fixed by itself, as follows: ' eion of private official wrong-doing, j Population of State, census of 1870, Vet this high-classed American ; 1.721,295. Senatorial ratio, 34 dis-sunesman has his name confiscated , tricts, 50,626. Tenth district, St. for carrying down the ages the j Charles and Warren counties, 30,-most abominable political scheme j 977, , or but little above the half ever concocted In the head of mortal or a ratio. Ah! Consistency thou ian. We are fond of boasting of art a Jewel, but thou dwelleth not this nation as being a government 'in the heart of the wily American -Of the people, by the people, and politician. for the people." Yet here we have; Now, just how we got rid of the a dishonest political scheme, orac- Senatorial Districts as laid out by ticed in every state in the Ameri- the Convention of 1875, this writer can Union regardless of the differ- has not the data to determine, ent state governments, which can But dropping over into the 80's have no other object than the rie-.we find in the Blue Bock for 1889 feat of the will of the people, and 1S90, a redisricting scheme practiced by all political parties , based upon the census of 1X80 in and winked at if not openly en- i which we find the Senatorial ratio dorsed by the people themselves, to be 63.788. Yet we find in this The builders of the Government of scheme of dividing the state Inlo the United States, being equally senatorial districts, thai the nin;h opposed to any form of Monarchy district was given a population ol or a pure Democracy, stni'k a but 43,852, while the 22nd district, happy medium between those twoiof 86,944 or almost exactly double objectionable forms and established the population of the Ninth district a Republic or representative form of in spite of the Constitutional pro-government, in which thrf people vision that the districts shall be as delegate their power, temporarily. tO"nearly equal as may be," equal In men who for the tfme for which 'population. And now comes the they are elected, hold all the power most elaborate specimen of political of the people for law making pur- ,leger-de-main to be found In the posi. This system, when rairly annals of political chicanery; and carried out. Is one of the most with such utter disregard of the eyuitable forms of government that 1 rights ot the people and of Consu could possibly be conjectured. But when these representatives are unfairly elected under an unfair Gerrymander of districts, the will of the people, instead of being carried out, is often defeated. This Is done by the party in power violating every principle of .Constitutional law laid down in the Constitutions of every State in tlie Union, under which the party in power secures an unfair proportion of the state's representative posed of contiguous territory, lliat ithey lie as compact as possible, ami that they shall contain, as nearly j as possinie, an equal nmnuei oi (inhabitants. 1 leManiv CtawrenccTjaivihorne- To preet the morning with a hopeful smile And eagerness for what the day .may bring; To work, and count each humble task worth while; To find enjoyment in accomplishing Whatever duty has for me to do; To earn the friendship of my fellow men; To labor toward the heights with purpose true And, if I fall, to rise and try again; To see the good in others, and to cheer Their hearts with kindness and encouragement; To feel profound regret when night is near And yet to know the day was wisely spent; To work and love and serve with joyful soul. And ask no recompense for what I give Such Is my golden purpose and my goal; Such is the noble, manly way to live. COPWIGHT HI!. LjTtfJ.' NEHPSPAf tfc UN1UN- HARVEY S. WHITE ltancy Sylvester White, son oi the hue .lame- and Kllen Hamilton White, died at. the Military Hospital at Dayton. Ohio. January 12. 1926. Harvey was born near Oak HiU. Crawford county. Missouri, on May 25. 1SS7. and was 3S years and 8 months old at the time of his death. When he was only a small boy his father and mother died and he was raised and cared for by his aunl. Sis White, until ho was nearly grown, when he enlisted in the regular army for a term of four years. He re-enlisted under General Pershing in the Mexico trouble and then enlisted in the World War after which he was honorably discharged at Chica-inauga, Georgia. lie was married in Alabama and be and his wife moved to East Akron, Ohio, where they remained till bis health began to fail. He was then taken to the Military Hospital in Dayton. He reached the rank of Sergeant In the army. His wife and two chldlren were at his bedside when he passed away. He leaves to mourn his wife, Verna, one son, James Harding, aged 4 years, one daughter. Fay Ellen, aged 22 months; one sister, Mrs. Chas. Helm, of Owensville; four brothers, Clarence, of Owensville, Lee of Linn, Arthur of East Alton, Illinois, and Thomas, of Manzanola, Colorado, and one half-brother, James, of St. Louis. Sergeant White's remains were shipped for burial to Fackler, Alabama, his wife's former home. tutional requirements. The Legislature of 1891 having failed to reriistrict the State into Senatorial districts, and this duty devolving upon the Governor, the Secretary of State and the Attorney-General, these three worthies proceed to discharge that duty as follows: In redisricting the State into Senatorial districts, the Senatorial ratio being practically 78,000, they deviated from the ratio by giving the twenty-eighth district, a population of 100,509, and the twenty-fourth district a population of only 62,4 53 or a grand swing of 38, (156 from highest to lowest. Of course this unfairness is carried on throughout the entire State, the two instances given being simply Hie two extiemes. Deviation from a district ratio whether Senatorial or Congressional is the Gerrymandering politician's stronghold. Because it gives him greater latitude in filching territory from a hostile locality and of throwing friendly ; territory Into that hosMle locality, thus giving himself a greater number of districts than he could olher-( Continued on Page 6) i W . mv tojLive v. GRADE SCHOOL MOTES The usual program was giver. Tuesday morning by the puipls of Miss Sassmann's room. The following numbers wire given: Song "Crow Calculation" by the Fourth and Fifth Grades. Recitation "Modern Method by Klnora Knchnns. Insl runiental Sido Phy. Recitation "Ah! Lot lie Feig. Song---"Calender" Mildred Mm- Gee Whiz" by ' by the Alphabet Class. Song" liecitntion- -"The by Edna Nolle. Vocal Solo Nelda Diestelkamp Recitation "Little Snow Flakes" by Cecil Mi-Can. Instrumental Solo Dolores Matthews.Recitation "A Queer Cat" by Harold Tschappler. Recitation "Runaway Thoughts" by Myrtle Courtaway. Song "The Angelus" by Class. We are sorry to report that Curtis Poppenbouse is out of school on account of sickness. The SeVenth Grade Class are now reading "The Life of Helen Keller." Orville Warren has resumed his work in school after two weeks sickness. The Eighth Grade Arithmetic Class is taking their first lesson in Algebraic Expressions. Several from Room VI are absent on account of sickness. Effie Reeves and Lawrence Tschappler are back in school after a week's absence. The Sixth Grade Class have their maps of Africa completed. The roll of honor in Room III is. as follows: j Third Grade Reading, Spelling, Language and Arithmetic Eva Downes. Gladys Conrad, Edwin, Pletz. Ruth Altheide. Elijah Cahill and Lillian West; Spelling, Language and Reading Eloise Suenkel, Millie Uffmann and Donnie Orr; Reading, Language and Arithmetic Thurtnaii Cahill; Arithmetic and Language Orville Blaske; Reading and Language Evelyn Ruffncr, Dor thel Matthews, Eileen Pohlman and Cornelius Kormeier; Reading, Language and Arithmetic Bernire Bowen and Nicholas Smith; Language Viola Aufder Heide, Anne Jones and Lydia Schnlk. Fourth Grade Spelling, Reading, Language and Arithmetic Eileen Winter and Laura Uffmann: Arithmetic, Reading and Language Ervin Eggers and Elwood Emo: Arithmetic, lan guage and Spelling Harold Jac-quith: Language. Spelling and Reading Esther Ruffner. Reading and Language Minnie Dieckgraefe and Kenneth Reyburn; Spelling and Language Teddy Rnlna I MRS. CliAS. L RECTOR Mr-. (irace Elizabeth Hector, tier Wlllhlle, was born near Tea. Missouri. April S. 1S93; departed this 'lile Saturday. January 16. 1926. age. I :!?, years. 10 months and 8 days. Slie grew to womanhood in the Tea neighborhood and was man ied March 23. 1911, to Mr. Chas. L. Hector. To this union five children were born- Ethel. Krvin. Beatrice, Irene and her infant son, born 'January 7, and who has not been named. ' She leaves to mourn her loving companion, her five young children, her parents. Mr. and Mrs. S. II. Willhite. of Owensville, five brothers. Kd. and Wesley of St. Louis. Luther. Arthur and Otto of Owens-i ville. and two sisters. Mrs. Pearl I Bonders of Bourbon and Mrs. Mary Smith of Delaware, Missouri. Three brothels preceded her in death. I She also leaves many other rela- j lives and friends, who join us in extending most sincere sympathy to Ihe bereaved family, especially to heartbroken husband and moth- ' ei less Hi lie children. Funeral services, conducted by Rev .1. S. Arvin of Owensville. were held Monday at Oak Hill Church and Cemetery. THOMAS BENTON LUSTER Thomas Beiilon l.ulesr was horn 'on Jakes Prairie January 8. 1i:i9. died in Belle Saturday evening, January 1:1. 19215. ai 6:00 o'clock. makin: and .", Win hi 1. Luster fa I her of the : l.is age at death 87 years days. n a him a 1 1 hoy lie moved with ..rent . Edward and Nancy io Owensville, where liis conducted a siore. belli:; our pioneer seniors of Owensville. Thomas Bctuon Luster was married in 1 X r, 0 to Jane Ford ai. 1 e this union six children wen' born. I lie 0M1-I child, William, having preceded him in death several years. The children remaining are Kd gar LiMer of lielle; Cleveland l.ns- ler of Davis. Oklahoma: Airs. Ida lleclieni and Mrs. l.illie Kay of Kolla: an i Louis. Thomas ! Owensi illi years and 1 Airs. Lulu Clark of St. one having copies of these books, who iias no further use for them, lleiiion Luster lived in please communicate with Mr. 12 years, in Bulla 16 Vaughaii. We would be very grate-ninveil to Belle when the ful indeed for conies of these books ralroad was linilt. He had lived in Ilelle ever since. lie also leaves 26 grandchildren and 18 great-j grandchiilren. Only one brut her, 1 John Luster, of Perkins, Oklahoma, 1 survives him. FRITZ W. SCHROEDER Fritz W. Schroeder died early Tuesday morning at his home 011 Red Oak. Mr. Schroeder suffered a stroke of paralysis about two years ago and has since been in failing health. He was born and lived all his life on and near the place where he died. His age was 73 years. He was married but his wile died a number of years since and lie leaves no children. One brother. Henry, and one sister, Mrs. Binkhoelter, survive him. Funeral services conducted by Rev. L. H. II. Winter, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Red Oak M. E. Church and Cemetery. BLUE BOOK RECEIVED" We have just received from Secretary of State Charles U. Becker a copy of the Official Manual or Blue Book of Missouri for 1925-26. This issue of the Blue Book is about the most complete and comprehensive yet published and contains a great mass of facts, figures and information about Missouri. Secretary of State Becker anil his able assistants in the compilation of the Blue Book are to be highly complimented on and thoroughness Representative the appearance of the work. P. B. Meyer. Swiss, Mo., Route 1, has a few Heilert of Bay and Mrs. Theo. copies of the Blue Book for dlstri- i Schulte of Cook, Nebraska, besides hiition among those of his constl-j many relatives and loving friends, tueuta who can make use of It. Her remains were brought out - 7 1 Saturday morning. Rev. C. P. George Ringelsen of Oak Hill ;Suirm of Marthasville, superintend-returned Tuesday night from St. ! ent of the Emmaus Asylum under Louis where he had been visiting for two weeks. He also looked for work there but says there are at present too many looking for work. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES On Monday morning. January 11, tin- Freshmen Class luut their Sponsor. Mr. Vaughaii, entertained the stii.ii niliody, (he Faculty, Mr. and Mrs. Kichler. Mrs. M. V. Smith, Mrs C. i;. Yaiighan and Miss Lillian Wacker with a Hobo Party at the Au.liiiii iiim from 7:30 to 10:30 p. 111. The Auditorium was decorated in a manner becoming to a Hobo Shack, junk, rags, litter, etc., being in prominence everywhere. The guests were not admitted unless dressed as hoboes. Gaines" and contests afforded amusement for all ( until 10:00 o'clock when the hoboes were ordered to fall in line for their lunch which was served as a "handout" in a paper bag and tin cup. At 10:30 Victor Kormeier, as a j policeman, ordered the hoboes to : disperse for home. Everyone present enjoyed the party Immensely land expressed their appreciation to the Freshmen Class and their Sponsor for the pleasing entertainment afforded them. Miss Lillian Wacker of Route One enrolled in the Freshmen Class a I the opening of the Second Semester on January 18. Mbs Klizaheth McCurdy completed her first Semester's work in High School here on January 15, mill will continue her work In St. Louis, where her mother now re-ides. We are sorry to lose Elizabeth but out best wishes go with her to her new field of study. Khin Rodgers of Rosebud Is absent from school this week. He is parrying the mail for his father, who Is seriously ill. Mr. Rodgers is a carrier on Rosebud Route 2, and Elvin is Ills substitute. Through the courtesy of our Representative from Gasconade county. Hon. F. B. Meyer, of Swiss, It. F. D.. the High School Library received a copy of the 1925-26 Missouri Blue Book. Thin is Indeed a valuable refcreiirc bifok liiu' .1 splendid addition to any Library. The High School would like to "htnin copies of Ihe Blue Book from i;s earliest publication to 1911. We are also lacking the 1917-18, l!)1!l-2il and 1923-24 editions. Any- to complete our files. New additions to the High School Library from the fines fund are: Dela ml : "The Iron Woman." Connor: "The Doctor," "The Gas- i pards of Pinecroft" ' and "Tread-! ing the Winepress." Johnson: "The Slaveship" and "An-! drey." i The Library is open to use by :tbe public under the same regulations as are subscribed to by our sludenlbody. The public Is invited to visit school and to use the Library. A visit from you will do us both good. MRS. CARL PFEIFFER Mrs. Martha Pfeiffer, nee Schlot-tach, was born March 31, 1880, at Charlotte, Missouri; died Friday, January 15. 1926, at her home in Webster Groves, aged 45 years, 10 months and 14 days. She was raised near Charlotte and on reaching womanhood became) a Deaconess and for eleven years was employed in the Evangelical Etonians Asylum .for the feehla minded at Marthasville. On June 1 1. 1924, she was married to Mr. Carl Pfeiffer and has since lived in Webster Groves. She was sick but a few weks of the flu and was not thought .critically ill (until hemorrhage of the lungs occurred and from which she did not rally. She leaves to mourn her husband, her aged father, Herman Scblottach, two brothers, William of Route 1 and Charles of Enid, Oklahoma, three sisters, Mrs. Henry Mueller of Third Creek, Mrs. Sam wlmse administration she labored so long, came to conduct the funeral at the Charlotte Evangelical Church and Cemetery. He was assisted by Rev. Dltel.